Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

On the radio show this week, we cover the transformational changes in the Build Back Better package, how it needs to move through Congress ASAP, and how if passed as written now: Working people will finally have four weeks of paid family/medical leave, child care bills will be cut in half for most families, free pre-school will be open to every three- and four-year old, 35 million families will receive the fully refundable Child Tax Credit, access to high-quality home care will be expanded for older Americans and people with disabilities, measures to address racial health disparities and end the Black maternal health crisis will be put in place, health care access will be improved and prescription drug prices reduced, millions of good jobs will be created, wages lifted for care workers, and lasting protections finally put in place for immigrants.  

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On the radio show this week, we celebrate the Build Back Better Act passing the U.S. House and the Pump Act passing too!  Change is in motion!  Find out how you can help push the Build Back Better Act — which cuts childcare costs, has free Pre-K, paid family/medical leave, and home- and community-based services and more — over the finish like in the US Senate!  And, also hear how radio is made, as well as about a new book, The Priviatazion of Everything, that covers why privatization hurts us all. 
 
*Special guests include: Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Namatie Mansaray, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Eric Reidar Burris, radio producer and KKNW, KIXI;  Donald Cohen, In the Public Interest, @PubInterest
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On the radio show this week we cover how our nation is FINALLY changing for the better as the #BuildBackBetter agenda moves through Congress and advances paid family/medical leave, childcare for all, home- and community-based services, living wages and a path to citizenship for care and essential workers, an extended expanded Child Tax Credit, and more. We also cover Hispanic Heritage Month and the continued fight to end pay discrimination and to reach fair pay.

*Special guests include: Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Katie Hamm, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development, Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD), @ECDgov; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRIsing; and Xochitl Oseguera, MamasConPoder / MomsRising, @MamasConPoder, @MomsRising. 

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On the radio show this week, we cover the transformational changes in the Build Back Better package, how it needs to move through Congress ASAP, and how if passed as written now: Working people will finally have four weeks of paid family/medical leave, child care bills will be cut in half for most families, free pre-school will be open to every three- and four-year old, 35 million families will receive the fully refundable Child Tax Credit, access to high-quality home care will be expanded for older Americans and people with disabilities, measures to address racial health disparities and end the Black maternal health crisis will be put in place, health care access will be improved and prescription drug prices reduced, millions of good jobs will be created, wages lifted for care workers, and lasting protections finally put in place for immigrants.
 

*Special guests include: Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, 

@aijenpoo

; Elizabeth Keenan, award-winning author, including of her latest book Rebel Girls, @badcoverversion; Monifa Bandele, Times Up Now and MomsRising, @MonifaBandele; and Laura Guerra-Cardus, Children’s Defense Fund, @CDFTexas

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On this radio show we cover Juvenile Justice Month and the importance of getting police out of schools and counselors in schools; the movement to build a care infrastructure, including paid family/medical leave, childcare, maternal health, home-and community-based services, and living wages and a path to citizenship for care workers; the importance of childcare so parents can work, children can thrive, and childcare workers can earn living wages; and finally we cover the importance of paid family/medical leave and what you can do to help it pass now.

*Special guests include: Essence-Jade Gatheright, Chicago Freedom School, @ChiFreeSchool; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Fatima Goss Graves, National Womens Law Center, @NWLC; and Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave for All, @PaidLeaveForAll 

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